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| Client Satisfaction Survey Helps Billing and Practice Management Company Garner Clients’ Service Needs and Ongoing Success – 07/12/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to physician based practices, recently completed its annual client satisfaction survey for 2010. The survey asked approximately 1,200 physicians to provide written input and rate their satisfaction for various MMP service-related questions on a scale of 1 to 10.
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| Imaging Economics: Beating the Burdens of Billing, featuring Kelly Neumeier – 07/06/2010 |
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In general, radiologists would prefer to devote their time to focusing on patients’ health rather than collecting payments. Yet, to ensure their ability to maintain a practice, some resources must be devoted to this complex process, whether they are employee time, payment to third-party firms, and/or the purchase of software. The most successful methods often combine the three elements to maximize the return on investment, both economically and efficiency-wise.
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| Report on Medicare Compliance: CMS RAC Chief: Medical-Necessity Audits are Coming, Will Be “Big Mountain to Climb,” featuring Ed Gaines – 07/05/2010 |
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Medical-necessity reviews by recovery audit contractors (RACs) are expected to pick up steam this summer, CMS’s top RAC official tells RMC.
So far, RACs have sent 15 to 20 hospitals about 140 additional documentation requests (ADRs) involving medical-necessity issues, says Connie Leonard, director of the Division of Recovery Audit Operations. The documentation was requested for the RACs’ probe audits, which are mini-reviews conducted to flush out high-risk areas that merit a full-scale audit.
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| MMP and ImagingBiz Invite the Radiology Industry to Attend a Webinar on Hospital Relationship Strategies and Contract Protection – 06/29/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to radiologists and imaging centers, in conjunction with ImagingBiz will deliver a complimentary webinar on hospital relationship strategies and ways that radiology practices can protect their hospital contracts.
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| ImagingBiz: Business 101: Goal Setting and Strategic Planning, featuring Dan Simile and Greg Thomson – 06/14/2010 |
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Goal setting and strategic planning are important processes for any business, and though radiology practices are no exception, many of the challenges they face are unique to the imaging industry, according to Greg Thomson and Dan Simile Jr of Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), Atlanta, Georgia.
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| AIS Health: The Scoring of Audits Gets Docs’ Attention and Takes Advantage of Their Competitiveness, featuring Ed Gaines – 06/04/2010 |
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It looked bad for one physician after her first audit as a member of MedicalEdge Healthcare Group, a Dallas-based physician management organization. The audit turned up serious flaws with her evaluation and management (E/M) documentation.
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| RT Image: Measuring Up: Time to Adapt New PQRI Changes, by Ed Gaines – 06/07/2010 |
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Change is inevitable. In the case of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) for 2010, a few new changes accompany the program. For those who have reported in prior years since the inception of PQRI in 2007, these types of adjustments and alterations merely come with the territory.
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| Imaging Economics: MMP Provides Clearer Billing Picture – 05/2010 |
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Radiology is among the most technical and advanced medical specialties—and so is its billing processes. A new suite of products recently launched by Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP) is designed to make billing clearer and more successful for radiology departments and imaging centers.
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| RT Image: Product and Services Suite – 05/17/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals Inc. (MMP), an Atlanta-based national provider of billing and practice management services for radiologists and imaging centers, introduces MMPactsm. The new products and services brand provides radiologists with in-depth understanding of complex billing processes.
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| ImagingBiz: Lost in Transcription by Andrew Casselberry – 05/17/2010 |
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Charge reconciliation—the practice of identifying procedures that have slipped through the cracks at some point in the charge process and billing for them to optimize revenue—is important for any medical group, but particularly critical for imaging. Radiology is one of the most high-volume specialty areas in terms of both codes and procedures billed; radiologists can work through hundreds of interpretations per day, making manual charge capture a Sisyphean undertaking.
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| Imaging Economics: Inward and Upward, featuring Radiology Associates of Clearwater – 05/2010 |
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In today’s challenging health care environment, many practices have been looking outward for new revenue streams. Radiology Associates of Clearwater (RAC), Tampa Bay, Fla, was one of them—that is, until it set its sights upon something closer to home. Using a relative value unit (RVU) scale, the group decided to look inward at how it ran the practice in order to maximize how it used its revenue.“Our size and the number of staff we have allow us a lot of flexibility to plan strategically, looking at how we run our practice and making it more efficient,” said Barry Kraus, MD, vice president of RAC. “We looked inward in trying to manage ourselves better to work with revenue that we have, more so than looking for additional income streams.
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| RadCast: MMP Introduces New MMPactsm Products and Services Brand for Radiology; New Brand Suite Provides Clearer Understanding of Billing Processes – 04/27/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to radiologists and imaging centers, launches a new products and services brand to its radiology clients called MMPact.
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ImagingBiz: Tapping the Rural Market: A User’s Guide, featuring Gabe Graham – 04/12/2010
The emergence of PACS has given practices a chance to expand their business and boost revenue by tapping the rural hospital market. Before adding clients to their own networks, however, groups must pay attention to projected costs and potential profits, according to Gabe Graham, CPA, a financial consultant at Medical Management Professionals Inc (MMP), Atlanta, Georgia.
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| ImagingBiz: Business 101: Using Basics to Grow Revenue, featuring Dan Simile, Jr., CPA and Greg Thomson – 03/15/2010 |
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As radiology practices nationwide look for new revenue streams to compensate for ever-declining reimbursement, the answer might be getting back to basics, according to Greg Thomson and Dan Simile Jr of Medical Management Professionals, Inc (MMP), Atlanta, Georgia. In the first installment of a four-part series on critical business principles, Thomson and Simile outline three ways in which practices can improve the effectiveness of their operations: goal setting and strategic planning, execution of goals, and communication and information sharing.
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| ACEP News: Medicare Audit Program Will Bring Sharper Scrutiny, featuring Ed Gaines – 03/01/2010 |
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The federal government is stepping up its audit activities in Medicare, and that could mean greater scrutiny of emergency department billing practices, including the use of observation codes. One development that physicians should keep a close eye on is the recent nationwide rollout of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program, said Edward R. Gaines III, vice president and chief compliance officer at Medical Management Professionals Inc.
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| Radiology Today: How to Govern Your Board Effectively Once It’s Established, by David Myrice – 03/01/2010 |
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As growing radiology practices build governing boards, group leaders need to govern the board so it can effectively oversee the group. Executive accountability and flexibility are also fundamental to board success and governance. Establishing the size of the board and selecting members is the first step. Setting up a functioning code of regulations, learning how to effectively run board meetings, and determining any necessary subcommittees help set up a board to successfully govern a group.
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| Healthcare Finance News: Nebraska Radiology Group Signs Billing Contract with Medical Management Professionals – 02/23/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to radiologists and imaging centers, has been awarded an exclusive billing and practice management contract with Radiologic Center, Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska.
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MMP Lands Nebraska-based Radiologic Center, Inc., Signs Full Practice Management Contract - 02/23/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to radiologists and imaging centers, has been awarded an exclusive billing and practice management contract with Radiologic Center, Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska.
Radiologic Center, Inc. is a full-service radiology practice with 13 physicians on staff. MMP will provide a full range of strategic practice management services.
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| ImagingBiz:Radiology Assistants: A User’s Guide, featuring Lisa Brian – 02/15/2010 |
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From May 2007 to January 2008, an Atlanta, Georgia-based radiologist signed and submitted thousands of reports in his name, with one major caveat—he didn’t review a single one. Instead, he delegated the work to his radiology practitioner assistants (RPAs), who interpreted the exams and prepared the reports. In November 2009, the US Department of Justice caught on and indicted him under federal charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, health-care fraud, and obstruction of justice.
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| Healthcare Finance News: Complaint-based process presents major problems for HIPAA transaction code set adoption, by Randal J. Roat - 02/10/2010 |
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Broadly, HIPAA originally set out to simplify administrative procedures in the healthcare industry, and mandated the adoption of regulations for privacy, security, unique health identifiers, and electronic transaction and code sets. Yet the very nature of the process for reporting violations of HIPAA Transaction and Code Sets serves only to deter their adoption, therefore making complaints meaningless.
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| Advance for IT Professionals: Companion Guides are Major Obstacles to Automating Health Care Transactions, featuring Randal J. Roat - 01/20/2010 |
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Why is it that I can put a credit card in a machine halfway around the world and get cash, yet the health care industry remains in the electronic Ice Age?
In the late 1990s, HIPAA Transaction and Code Set (TCS) Standards were hailed as solutions that could make the health care industry more efficient while lowering health care costs. Now, almost 15 years later, major concerns still persist surrounding the adoption of HIPAA TCS Standards, which should be of concern to all stakeholders in practice management and health care billing.
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| MMP Builds Its Emergency Medicine Business By Adding Mobile, Alabama Based Practice – 02/08/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to emergency medicine practices, has been awarded an exclusive billing contract with Emergency Medical Associates of Mobile.
Emergency Medical Associates of Mobile is a hospital-based emergency medicine practice with 10 physicians on staff. MMP will provide a full range of billing services with special focus on payor specific clinical service coding, documentation training, chart reconciliation and practice management services.
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| MMP Appoints Vice President Of Emergency Medicine – 02/01/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to emergency physicians and emergency medicine practices, has appointed Victor Sarkissian as vice president of emergency medicine.
Mr. Sarkissian brings over 25 years of healthcare experience to the company and will oversee the emergency medicine division and direct billing and practice management operations for MMP’s emergency clients.
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| MMP Partners with ImagingBiz to Educate the Radiology Industry on Billing and Practice Management - 01/27/2010 |
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Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to radiologists and imaging centers, has joined ImagingBiz’s affiliate program for 2010.
The partnership is exclusive to the billing and practice management category, and will allow MMP to collaborate with the professionals of ImagingBiz and the Imaging Center Institute to develop informative editorial pieces, advertisements and educational initiatives based on research, trade data and business solutions.
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ImagingBiz: Strategies for Accommodating Self Pay Patients, featuring Randy Roat, CHBME, and Jana Landreth, CPA, MBA – 01/20/2010 |
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As the ranks of the uninsured continue to grow, it is increasingly important for radiology practices to implement strategies for dealing with self-pay patients, according to Randal Roat, CHBME, and Jana Landreth, CPA, MBA, of Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a physician billing and practice-management company based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| EDPMA EDLeader: Medicare and the Art of Taking Money Back, by Ron Stunz, MD, FACEP - 01/11/2010 |
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In response to the increasing costs of the Medicare program, and specifically to recover improper payments to providers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has formally instituted its program of Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC).
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RBMA eNews: MMP Renews Gold Sponsorship with RBMA – 12/17/2009
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The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) is pleased to announce that Medical Management Professionals (MMP) has renewed its Gold level sponsorship commitment for 2010. MMP has been a supporter and sponsor of RBMA since 2008.
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MMP Coordinates Client Meeting with Congressman to Discuss Healthcare Issues– Pictured in the photo from left to right are: L. Nicholas Richmond, MD, Randal Roat,
Edward W. Stilwill, MD, Congressman Camp, C. David Phelps, MD,
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Radiology Business Journal: Managing the Revenue Cycle, featuring Dr. Sheri Jordan – 12/01/2009
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Viewing revenue-cycle management as a function limited only to billing is shortsighted at best, and is more likely to be a mistake. Revenue-cycle management affects the entire practice, imaging center, and hospital radiology department, from a new patient’s first inquiry (whether made by telephone, through an online portal, or in person) to the receipt of payment for services rendered.
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Coding Edge Magazine: Stop Struggling with Critical Care Coding, by Ron Stunz, MD, FACEP - 12/01/2009
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The core requirement defining emergency medicine as a specialty is the ability to carry out critical interventions for patients with organ- or life-threatening illness and injury. Timely interventions in severe infectious, ischemic, traumatic, surgical, and other emergent scenarios have a direct impact on a patient’s outcome. Not so obviously—but only slightly less importantly in the climate of rising and scrutinized health care costs—what is done within the first hour of a patient’s presentation can significantly reduce downstream costs for care.
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Coding Edge Magazine: Common Documentation and Coding Errors Undermine Anesthesiology Reimbursement, by Pam Linton, CPC- 12/24/2009
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With reimbursement pressures continuing to grow, ensuring that anesthesia groups collect every dollar they are entitled to has never been more important. Fortunately, this task is made easier if anesthesia groups take steps to reduce or eliminate common documentation and coding mistakes. Reducing errors requires a detailed, up-to-date understanding of anesthesia coding, a working knowledge of anatomy and open channels of communication between coders and physicians. A process that allows coders to follow-up with physicians on specific case questions and also offers real-time feedback regarding incomplete or inaccurate documentation can go a long way toward strengthening the anesthesia revenue cycle.
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RadCast: MMP Lands MVP Award in Coding and Reimbursement Category - 11/10/2009
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Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, was named a winner in RT Image’s 2009 Most Valuable Product (MVP) awards program.
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| EDPMA EDLeader, The Road Ahead: Strategic Planning Sessions Vital for ED Physician Group Success by Chip Anderson, CPA – 10/26/2009 |
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Physician groups often find it difficult to carve out time for long-term strategic planning amid the relentless demands and frequent turbulence of day-to-day operations. Yet stepping back to develop solid business objectives has never been more important for medical groups.
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RT Image Magazine: RT Image’s MVP – Readers choose radiology’s most valuable products and services – 10/05/2009
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With its combination of technologies, processes, personnel, and quality assurance, the proprietary Velocity Billing system can materially improve the revenue streams of physician groups in radiology and other specialty areas. It identifies and efficiently addresses
essential billing principles commonly overlooked by physician groups or their current billing
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Emergency Physicians Monthly: How to Defend Your Salary by John Holstein – 10/01/2009
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As politicians and interest groups jockey for position in America’s healthcare debate, it will become increasingly important for emergency physicians to come to the negotiating table and defend their worth. There is gross inequity within the current reimbursement system – EPs care for some of the nation’s sickest patients for some of the lowest physician wages – and it could get even worse. Emergency physicians must therefore be able to speak clearly about the value of emergency medicine and the specific reimbursement needs of the specialty.
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MMP Expands Practice Management Services With Three Existing Billing Only Clients: Expansions Due to Rising Reimbursement Cuts and Tougher Compliance Rules - 09/15/2009
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Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, has expanded its practice management services to three of its existing radiology billing and accounts receivable management clients.
MMP will extend its practice management services offering to Medical Radiologists, Inc. located in Dayton Ohio; Quantum Radiology located in Marietta, Georgia; and Roswell Radiology Associates located in Atlanta, Georgia.
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RBMA Bulletin, Teleradiology Services: Is Nighthawk Right for You?
By Gabe Graham, CPA – July/August 2009 |
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Teleradiology has emerged as a potent force in the U.S. health system over the past decade. The ability to transmit digital radiographic images for remote interpretation has helped reduce the on-call workload of hospital-based radiologists, eased the radiologist shortage and delivered powerful new expertise and capacity to rural and understaffed practices around the country.
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| Radiology Today Vol. 10 No. 15 P. 8, Building a Board — Governing Change as Your Group Grows By David A. Myrice, CPA, MBA – 08/24/2009 |
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Radiology practice trends suggest industry consolidation, which translates into larger groups of 12 to 35 physicians or even more. Such growth means that many groups should reconsider their governance structures and how to build a better board of directors to suit such growth.
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HealthLeaders Media, Private Payer Class Action Lawsuits by
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As a result, physician groups must scrutinize all contract language and eliminate any provisions that give carriers blanket authorization to pay based on "standard payment policies" or other, equally broad language. If these "standard payment policies" are based on bundling edits that do not recognize certain procedures coded and billed with the -25 modifier (for example, a procedure is not "separately eligible for payment" but instead is bundled into the E/M service) then the payment provisions could violate the settlement agreement.
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| EDPMA EDLeader, Practice Management: Diversity Helps Embrace the Changing Healthcare Environment Daniel W. Simile, Jr., CPA - 08/14/2009 |
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Physician groups face formidable challenges in the current healthcare environment. Growing regulatory complexity, continued reimbursement cuts and intensifying competition can undermine and destabilize even the strongest practice…
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| Healthcare Finance News: “Roth 401(k) provides docs with flexibility” by David Myrice – 08/01/2009 |
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Amid the current economic turmoil, it’s important that physicians not lose sight of their retirement objectives and long-term financial goals. At the same time, physician groups should continue looking for ways to improve their defined benefit plans to better meet the needs of individual employees and partners.
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| EDLeader (official publication of the EDPMA): “Physician Ownership Provides Key Benefits for Newly Independent Emergency Practices” by James B. Wade, CPA – 07/22/2009 |
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Shifting hospital priorities and continued growth in emergency department volume have led many emergency departments to reconstitute themselves as stand-alone, independent practices. Making the successful transition from employed physician to independent group requires a clear strategy about how best to organize and staff the enterprise…
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RT Image Magazine: “Going Green – EHR’s Impact on Healthcare”
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The business community’s paper consumption is escalating by 20 percent each year and does not seem to show signs of decreasing. Within that segment, the healthcare industry is at the forefront of paper use. As more focus is placed on electronic health records (EHRs) and patient files, the healthcare community can not only anticipate enhanced physician workflow but also positive improvements for green initiatives within the healthcare community.
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HealthLeaders Media: “RACs: Self Assessment and Aggressive Appeals are Key”
by Ed Gaines – 06/01/2009 |
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Reimbursement investigations will likely be pursued in numbers and with a tenacity not previously seen in the Part B Medicare program. Hospital-based physicians should therefore take steps today to ensure that their practices will be ready if and when a RAC investigation is launched.
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| Medical Management Professionals Chosen as Exclusive Service Provider for Radiology Associates of Canton - 06/09/2009 |
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ATLANTA, GA June 9, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, has been awarded an exclusive billing contract with Radiology Associates of Canton in Canton, Ohio.
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| MMP Introduces Two New Radiology-Based Podcasts for Physicians - Billing Company Website Offers Educational Podcasts about Relevant Finance Issues - 06/23/2009 |
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ATLANTA, GA June 23, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, introduces two new educational podcasts for radiologists seeking financial advice: “Gaining Control of Your Managed Care Contracts” and “Teleradiology Services – Is Nighthawk for You?”
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| MMP to Hold Live Demo of Efficient New Management and Reporting Analytical Toolset at RBMA Summit - 06/03/2009 |
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ATLANTA, GA June 3, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, will hold a live demo of its new web-based management and reporting analytical tool for radiology professionals. The company’s new “Business and Practice Intelligence” gives practice administrators and radiologists convenient and efficient web-based access to tailored financial data presentations in various formats. Case studies will be showcased during the demo in order to illustrate practice performance measures by site, physician productivity, charges, collections and referring physicians, to name a few.
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| Medical Management Professionals Only Firm To Offer Velocity Billing Proprietary Step-By-Step Process Designed To Help Individual Practices Achieve Optimized Revenue – 05/20/2009 |
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ATLANTA, GA May 20, 2009 – The proprietary product possesses a unique combination of fresh technologies, well designed processes, highly trained, experienced personnel and a leading quality assurance program. MMP believes that the Velocity Billing system can materially improve the revenue streams of physician groups across four specialty areas: anesthesiology, emergency medicine, pathology and radiology by uniquely identifying and efficiently addressing those essential billing principles commonly overlooked by physician groups or their current billing service providers.
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| RT Image - When Writing off is No Longer an Option; Effective Denial Management Keeps Cash Flowing by Richard C.H. Masson, MBA, MHA - 05/06/2009 |
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In the past, many radiology groups didn’t give much thought to their revenue cycle. They assumed that low accounts receivable days and a high net collection percentage accurately reflected a healthy billing process. And if a denied claim fell below a specific dollar threshold, they simply wrote it off. But as reimbursements continue to decrease and payer regulations multiply, radiology groups are finding themselves scrambling to adapt to an increasingly harsh economic environment. In today’s market, only those groups that take every available step to ensure that they’re being paid fully and promptly for services rendered can hope to
prosper in the long run.
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| HealthLeaders Media, Audio Feature - Preparing for RAC Appeals - 05/04/2009 |
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With the RAC program being rolled out permanently nationwide, preparing for the appeals process is more important now than ever. Ed Gaines, vice president and chief compliance officer with CBIZ Medical Management Professionals, an organization that provides medical coding, billing and physician practice management services to hospital-based physicians across the U.S., describes how hospitals are handling the appeals process.
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| Healthcare Finance News - Outsourcing Billing Management for Hospital Physician Practices by G. Darrell Hulsey - 04/03/2009 |
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Today’s hospital-based practices are facing an increasing number of complex challenges – from ever more complicated coding and compliance issues to managed care pressures that impact cash flow. In the current economy, most practices are seeing less margin for error and a greater need for consistency. As new economic policies are developed that will greatly impact the healthcare industry, it’s even more crucial for practices to be aware of outside business management services that can offer efficient, affordable return on investment. Before selecting a billing and practice management services provider, certain guidelines should be followed when engaging prospects.
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| Medical Management Professionals Introduces Podcasts For Physicians - MMP Website Offers Educational Podcasts about Relevant Healthcare Issues – 03/23/2009 |
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ATLANTA, GA March 23, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, is now offering educational podcasts on its website. Individual podcasts can be downloaded in an MP3 format and will contain various medical industry issues, case studies and helpful professional commentary on billing and practice management trends.
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| Billing and Practice Management Firm, MMP, Chosen as Exclusive Service Provider for Ohio-Based Advanced Radiologic Physicians – 03/23/2009 |
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ATLANTA, GA March 23, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, has been awarded an exclusive contract with Advanced Radiologic Physicians in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Medical Billing And Practice Management Firm Hires New Chief Technology
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CHATTANOOGA, TN February 17, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a national billing and practice management firm, has hired Joe Degati as its new chief technology officer. Degati will provide strategic vision, leadership and guidance for the company’s IT operations in order to serve its 3,000+ hospital-based physicians and 80+ facilities nationwide.
Degati will direct, coordinate and support all technology functions within the company, including application development and deployment, infrastructure management, and technology governance. He will also negotiate contracts with third party technology providers and maintain customer data security by joining the company’s HIPAA Security Committee for risk assessment and remediation.
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MMP Welcomes Smith and Holland To Its Marketing and Client
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KENNESAW, GA February 16, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to over 3,000 hospital-based physicians, has hired Tara Smith as its new communications specialist and Patrick Holland as its newest client development representative at its Kennesaw, Ga.- based Marketing office. Smith will oversee the company’s public relations and marketing communications initiatives across three specialty areas: radiology, anesthesiology and emergency medicine. Holland will conduct inside sales initiatives for the company’s Emergency Medicine area.
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Imaging Economics - Practice-Management Firm Proves Efficient,
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| LITTLE ROCK, AR February 2008 – For Steven R. Nokes, MD, president of Radiology Consultants of Little Rock (RCLR), in Arkansas, finding the right business manager was no easy task. Personnel with business credentials lacked radiology-specific knowledge; those with a radiology background did not have the management savvy the practice needed.
With hire after hire, Nokes spent valuable time filling in the blanks. Realizing that hiring someone on his own was not working, he began to research practice-management firms with experience in radiology.t provides billing and practice-management services to hospital-based physicians.
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| National Firm, MMP, Selected as Exclusive Billing and Practice Management Provider by Radiology Consultants of Little Rock -10/30/2008 |
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AUSTIN, TX October 30, 2008 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to over 3,000 hospital-based physicians, was recently awarded a contract for physician billing and practice management services with Radiology Consultants of Little Rock, P.A (RCLR). MMP will provide an extensive range of services to RCLR, including coding, billing and accounts receivable management, as well as financial and practice management services.
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MMP Expands Into New Market by Serving as Exclusive Billing Provider for
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AUSTIN, TX October 30, 2008 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to over 3,000 hospital-based physicians, was recently awarded a contract for physician billing services with Memorial Radiology Associates, P.A (MRA).
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| MMP Selected by Jackson Radiology Associates, as Exclusive Billing and Accounts Receivable Management Provider - 09/23/2008 |
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ATLANTA, GA September 23, 2008 - Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, today announced that Jackson Radiology Associates, (JRA), of Jackson, Tennessee, has contracted for physician billing and practice management services with MMP.
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| MMP Selected by Diagnostic Imaging Associates, Inc. as Exclusive Billing and Practice Management Provider – 02/22/2008 |
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AUSTIN, TX February 22, 2008 - Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a firm providing billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians, today announced that Diagnostic Imaging Associates (DIA), of Shreveport, Louisiana, has signed a contract for physician billing and practice management services with MMP.
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| Randal Roat to Oversee MMP Radiology Specialty Committee – 12/18/2007 |
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ATLANTA, GA December 18, 2007 - Randal Roat, Vice President of Radiology Services for Medical Management Professionals Inc. (MMP), has been named chairman of the company’s Radiology Specialty Committee. It is one of MMP’s Specialty Task Groups formed to enhance practice management solutions and help medical practices operate more efficiently and profitably.
Roat will spearhead the efforts of the committee, and focus on four key areas for the company: new product development, advanced education for account managers, client support and new business initiatives.
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| CBIZ Acquires $30 million Emergency Medicine Billing Firm Healthcare Business Resources, Inc. – 10/24/2007 |
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CLEVELAND, OH October 24, 2007 - CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Healthcare Business Resources, Inc. ("HBR"), a prominent emergency medicine billing company located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, effective November 1, 2007.
Founded in 1984, HBR provides coding, billing and collection services for emergency medicine physician practices, billing over three million patient visits annually at over 100 practice sites located in 13 states along the east coast of the U.S. HBR recorded approximately $30 million in revenue during the past twelve months and has approximately 330 employees.
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